Euplotes
| Euplotes | |
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| Euplotes sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Class: | Spirotrichea |
| Order: | Euplotida |
| Family: | Euplotidae |
| Genus: | Euplotes Ehrenberg, 1830 |
| Species | |
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Many, including:
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Euplotes is a genus of ciliates in the subclass Euplotia. Species are widely distributed in marine and freshwater environments, as well as soil and moss. Most members of the genus are free-living, but two species have been recorded as commensal organisms in the digestive tracts of sea urchins.